because the principle reason why the deficit is coming down, no longer handing out big checks to individuals as was done in the american rescue plan. nevertheless, talk about that and make a pitch for the economic agenda that stalled in congress to reduce prescription drug prices, for example, it could reduce the deficit if raised taxes by a sufficient amount to exceed the spending, part of the argument he s making to joe manchin who made inflation and deficit reduction a huge talking point, so some of these remarks seem a little bit tailored to joe manchin, but he s going to try to tout the good parts of the economy. he s taken a beating politically for the bad parts which, of course, are the inflation. the inflation is related, as you know, bianna, to the good parts. the hotter you run the economy, the more growth you have, the more revenues the government has, the lower the unemployment rate gets, but it s also, if you stimulate demand that exceeds the supply, you re going
there is no bigger issue that confronts americans and american voters as they take a look at their own finances. we ll bring you president biden s remarks live as soon as that happens. but first he was not on the ballot. former president trump won big last night as the candidate he endorsed in ohio s senate primary cruised to victory in one of the nation s most closely-watched races of the beginning of this election season. this is the faulkner focus and i m martha maccallum in for harris today. president trump passing his first big test in the mid-term election cycle boosting j.d. vance to victory in the ohio republican senate primary. vance trailed behind his opponents by a significant margin just three short weeks ago. former house speaker newt gingrich said this. this guy is a venture capitalist. very well educated but is able to bridge together intelligent solutions and a deep populist sympathy for average, everyday americans. a new and different republican party. mo
southern border. we have pictures you will only see here on fox news showing heavily armed operatives from drug cartels illegally crossing into this country. this comes as a delegation of democratic lawmakers visits the region today. we have fox team coverage. madison alworth on randall s island, new york where locals are beginning to tear up athletic fields to construct migrant shelters. correspondent bill melugin though starts us off tonight live from eagle pass, texas. good evening, bill. bill: bret, good evening to you. illegal crossings are starting to surge once again here at our southern border. this is after a lull during the month of june. now fox news has obtained some brand new startling photographs showing it is not just asylum seekers crossing into the u.s. startling exclusive images from the southern border. as a group of suspected cartel gunmen are seen crossing illegally into texas in the rio grande valley. a law enforcement source tells fox it happened satu
for electric vehicles. that s any minute now. we ll bring it to you live. the president also putting gas prices front and center today, announcing new plans to try to tackle high prices at the pump. how he s responding to criticism that the move is purely political, with election day now less than three weeks away. and we re on subpoena watch. the january 6th select committee set to formally issue one to former president trump soon, but how soon? we ll talk to a member of the economy, congresswoman zoe lofgren who joins us later in the hour. good morning, i m garrett haake back from paternity leave and we speak with the new york times times political analyst and vaughn hillyard is in tucson arizona, dasha burns is with us, and national political reporter natalie allison rounds out the opening crew here. peter, we just heard from the president about this new plan that tries to tackle high prices at the pump, and he s answering direct questions on whether or not the move
absolutely right the president and talk about the on going investments in electric vehicles. we ve seen the president touring the floor getting a sense of the cars that are out and even driving an electric cadillac, wanting to use the remarks when he takes the stage again behind me in a few minutes to talk to the important work and the focus that the administration has had on electric vehicles. now, one of the announcements that we do expect to hear from the president is a new $900 million investment in building electric vehicle charges stations across the country across some 35 states including here in the state of michigan. now, of course, no need to emphasize that this is obviously a very important battle ground state so this is an opportunity for the president, too, to meet with local elected official leaders, union leaders and talk to the folks on the ground and again, this is an issue where he could really talk about a couple legislative victories for democrats includin